Yep! You guessed it: Our first Spring picnic in Virginia! We joined several other homeschool families (and lots of preschoolers too!) at a local gem of a park about 30 minutes to the South, with a nice play area and a stream and open fields. We spent the day meeting new folks ( we didn't know many people in the group we were joining), playing with new friends, (Clara especially enjoyed her time with another girl her age...), eating, and poking sticks in the stream. I am hoping to find some rain boots so we can walk in the stream when we go back. I was told yesterday by a reliable source that the stream has leeches, so I wasn't too keen on letting the kids in with that knowledge. If you enjoyed my Show and Tell post; check out the other posts at Canada Girl's Blog.
Don't you just love spring? I've been through VA on my way to Williamsburg and again on my way to D.C. A good cyber-buddy author-friend lives in Bumpass. Do you know where that is? It's a bump on the road, basically. The one thing I couldn't get over while driving from NC to VA were the tree-lined freeways. Trees, trees, trees, and all the kind where the leaves fall off. I live in WA state and we have trees, too, but the kind that have needles and stay green. The gorgeous orange, yellow, and red trees in October (when I was there) are beautiful. But they seemed to never, ever end on our trip!
We love Spring too AND picnics! We'll have to have a Summer picnic when you guys come and then on a rainy day we can hit Chuck E. Cheese...it's my new favorite place to play and C likes it too. lol :) Beautiful pictures of beautiful kids! Love you all!
The picnic looks lovely. I'm glad you could enjoy such a fine spring day. We got to enjoy a similar park on Tuesday. Then it snowed here on Thursday...crazy weather!
That looks like so much fun !!! I would join ours in our area but most or practically all in non Christian. So I haven't pushed myself to get there to the meetings. I would have to spend A LOT of money to transport 5 of us on the bus. ( which is a issue in it's self) Soooo I focus on other get togethers. [0= I pray you all meet some GREAT friends. It can be a lot of fun in those groups.
Sendin you blessings and ((hugs)) my SSiC
In Him<><
-Mary
The bottom line is; We try not to insist on parent-led learning or gravitate toward child-led learning. We try instead to focus on God-led learning and ask for His input and perspective on every aspect of our home school. That way, when others fuss about what Dan and I are doing and make me second guess our decisions -- I can go back to our decision process and find God's fingerprints, reminding me that this is His way.
